Psychological Abnormality; What makes people ill?

Psychological Abnormailty;- Mental illness and young people.

Young people sometimes experience a range of mental health difficulties, the following few slides are filled with definitions are linked to the most common illnesses linked with teenagers and young adults.

SCHIZOPHRENIA; characterised by major abnormailities of thinking, beliefs and perception. Suffers often lose insight and contact with reality. often asociated with a 'split' mind.

ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder); finds it hard to settle down to a task and pay attention, this often leads to disruption to others or often damage their possesions.

Psychological Abnormailty;- Mental illness and young people.

ASPERGERS SYNDROME; often failing to use non-verbal expression or to recognise it in others. Sometimes they engage in repetitives and ritualistic activities. Often lack empathy and find it hard to make friends

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; deliberatly and often secretly restricking food intake with teh intention of loosing weight, often without need to.

OCD (Obsessive compulsive disorder); Distressing thoughts and rituals often necessitatating repeating behaviours such as checking and washing hands

PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder); Recurrent dreams and recollections of a past event, avoiding specific activies, people and events.

Psychological Abnormailty;- Mental illness and young people.

ANXIETY; seeing the world as threatening, unable to relax and worrying excessively

CONDUCT/ANTISOCIAL DISORDER; unable to control behaviour and obey accseptable rules. characterised by a defience of authority and challenging sometimes destructive behaviour.

DEPRESSION; strong feelings of sadness. loss of pleasure or intrest in things they once enjoyed. often feel worthless and without hope.

SELF HARM; deliberately and repeatedly hurting oneself by cutting, burning or hitting

There are four explanations of Mental abnormailitys;

Biological
cognitive
Behavioural
psychodynamic

The explanations of these are stated in a seperate set of cards.